Press
Jul-2023
By cooperfitch
Dubai Eye | Gulf Employment Index Q2 2023
Cooper Fitch Founder and CEO Trefor Murphy joins Georgia Tolley on Dubai Eye Business Breakfast to discuss the Gulf Employment Index for quarter two 2023.Findings in the latest report;
- We noticed a 7% increase in cyber security jobs due to the high number of security breaches and threat landscape not just in the Gulf but globally.
- After a strong start to the year the strategy jobs market had a contraction of 4% in the number of new vacancies after firms conducted large-scale hiring in quarter one.
- Real estate jobs soared again in quarter two with an increase of 8%.
- Public sector roles have soared with a 12% increase when compared with quarter one. We found an uptick in demand for highly specialised international subject matter expert searches.
- The UAE saw a 4% dip in the number of new roles in Q2, Saudi had a significant increase of 6% and Qatar 2% increase.